It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
ANATOLE FRANCEIt is not customary to love what one has
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To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
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People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
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It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
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A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
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When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.
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Armenia is dying, but it will survive. The little blood that is left is precious blood that will give birth to a heroic generation. A nation that does not want to die, does not die.
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All ought to be common among friends.
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Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
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For the majority of people, though they do not know what to do with this life, long for another that shall have no end.
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But I deny that He created the world; at the most He organised but an inferior part of it, and all that He touched bears the mark of His rough and unforeseeing touch.
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